NEW DELHI: A woman from Gwalior, who was allegedly forced to drink acid by her husband and sister-in-law, is being treated in a Delhi hospital.
On Tuesday,
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal
met the survivor and wrote to the authorities in Gwalior seeking immediate action against her assailants.
After the 25-year-old woman was forced to drink acid by her husband and sister-in-law on June 28, a neighbour got her admitted to a nearby hospital in Gwalior.
Madhya Pradesh police registered a legally weak FIR in the matter on June 3, allegedly omitting the provisions of the law on acid attack and terming the heinous act as mere domestic violence.
When the woman’s condition worsened, she was brought to Delhi for treatment on July 18. The survivor’s brother called DCW’s 181 helpline and the commission got her admitted to a city hospital.
The woman's food pipe, stomach and intestines have been burnt, and she can neither drink nor eat but vomits blood frequently, hospital officials said.
DCW also got her statement registered before a sub-divisional magistrate. In the statement, the woman claimed her husband was having an affair with a woman and when she confronted him about it, he beat her and then made her drink acid the next morning.
Maliwal and DCW member Promila Gupta met the survivor on Tuesday.
Maliwal has written to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan seeking strong action in the matter.
The DCW chief said, “It is absolutely frightening and shameful how a young woman was made to consume acid by her own husband. The woman was brought to Delhi for treatment and we were terrified of seeing her condition. The doctors aren't very hopeful of her recovery because she is doing very poorly. It is a matter of shame that Madhya Pradesh police dealt with such a serious case with so much insensitivity. I've written a letter to the Madhya Pradesh CM, asking him to get the culprits arrested and to ensure action is taken against the police officers who tried to weaken the acid attack case.”
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